A major update to Exposure X3 is coming next month. This video shows you many of the new enhancements included in the Complete Workflow Update, so take a look to learn what’s new. This update is free for all owners of Exposure X3.

HSL Tools

Among the most exciting enhancements are new HSL tools that will enable you to adjust the hue, luminance, and saturation for each color. In addition, you’ll be able to target specific colors in your image for detailed adjustments using Exposure’s new targeted adjustment tool.

Color Temperature

If you’re editing RAW images that record white balance data, you’ll also be able to specify precise Kelvin values to correct for lighting conditions and unwanted color casts.

Printing

Printing is another new addition in this update. You’ll be able to print your photos directly from Exposure. You can apply watermarks and print a grid of images as a contact sheet. Additional settings and an image preview window make it easy to adjust your print parameters exactly as you want them.

And More

Watch the video to learn more about these and the other enhancements, and keep an eye out for our release announcement next month.

Here is the winning shot for our Winter Light photo contest with Pixellu. Congratulations to Mark Wild! He is the proud new owner of a one-year subscription to Pixellu SmartSlides and he also won a copy of our advanced RAW editor Exposure X3. This contest celebrated amazing winter lighting.

You can participate in our next photo contest by posting your work using the contest hashtags on Instagram and Facebook. Keep an eye out for the announcement to learn what they are and hear about the contest prizes. Stay tuned!

Winner

Mark Wild is a wedding photographer based in Glasgow, Scotland. Mark picked up a camera a few years ago. Since then, he’s never put it down. He is fascinated by how photos can create emotions in people. So he throws himself wholeheartedly into learning all he can about it. We connected with Mark to ask him about how he uses Exposure.

How did Exposure help create your winning shot?

I always take my work through Exposure. And I’ve done that for quite a while now. I want to use it as a standalone app, but I have always used it for finishing touches.

I prefer Exposure’s grain to Lightroom’s. A favourite thing of mine to do with Exposure is to add a preset (usually Kodak Gold or Portra) layer on top of the already edited file and then dial the opacity down. This is what I did with the winning shot using Portra 160 at 50% opacity. I used to do that in Photoshop, but now I can do it all from within Exposure. It adds a depth that’s hard to achieve with just Lightroom sliders! I always do my sharpening in Exposure, too! Always.

]]>https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2018/februarys-winter-light-photo-contest-winner/feed/2Winter Light Photo Contest with Pixelluhttps://www.alienskin.com/blog/2018/winter-light-photo-contest-with-pixellu/
https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2018/winter-light-photo-contest-with-pixellu/#respondTue, 30 Jan 2018 17:18:02 +0000https://www.alienskin.com/?p=25729Join our Winter Light photo contest with Pixellu on Facebook and Instagram from now until February 21st. Use #winterlightphotocontest, #alienskinphotocontest, and #alienskinexposure to enter your images for a chance to win.

]]>We are excited to announce our Winter Light photo contest. It’s open from now until February 21st, and everyone is invited to participate. Submit your best work that shows off amazing winter lighting for a chance to win a copy of Exposure X3 and a one-year subscription to Pixellu SmartSlides.

How to enter

Post it on Facebook or Instagram with the tags #winterlightphotocontest, #alienskinphotocontest, and #alienskinexposure

Time is short, so get your entries in by February 21st

Prizes

Join the contest and you could win the grand prize: a one-year subscription to Pixellu SmartSlides and a copy of our advanced RAW editor Exposure X3! Additionally, three runners-up winners will receive a copy of Exposure X3.

Here is the winning shot for our Bokeh Sparkles photo contest. Congratulations to Jan Heastont for her winning entry!

You can participate in our next monthly photo contest by posting your work using the contest hashtags on Instagram and Facebook. This contest specifically celebrated the beautiful out-of-focus sparkles of light and color that appear in photos.

Winner

Jan Heastont is a passionate hobbyist photographer based in Southern Ontario, Canada. Her love of photography started at an early age. She was inspired by the work of photographers in her family, and she dreamt of taking her own photos some day. Now she captures, edits, prints, mats, and frames her own photography work. We connected with Jan to ask her about how she uses Exposure.

How did Exposure help you in creating your winning shot?

I use Exposure on almost every photo I edit. In my winning macro shot, the edit was really simple. I didn’t do much to it aside from adding a vignette and reducing the saturation of the cyans. After that, I tweaked the tone curve to crush the blacks.

Runners-Up

There were lots of great photos shared in the contest. We chose the grand prize winner and three runners-up winners from all the entries. Each of the photographers featured in this article will get a copy of Exposure X3, and the grand prize winner will be featured in our social media headers.

Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest info about our next contest. We’ll include helpful video tutorials, inspiring customer stories, and announcements about product releases and special promotions.

We are extending our Bokeh Sparkles photo contest submission window to give everyone more chances to enter. The new deadline is Wednesday, December 20th.

Photos containing sparkles of light and color that are enhanced by being out of focus are perfect for the contest. Keep that in mind for your entries. You can easily make creative focus effects using Exposure, or you can use it subtly to intensify natural lens bokeh. You can learn more techniques for using Exposure’s bokeh controls in our tutorial video.

Contest Rules

Follow @alienskinsoftware on Instagram or Facebook

Post a new photo that demonstrates the theme Bokeh Sparkles. The photo must have been edited with Exposure. If you don’t own Exposure, you can use the free trial version.

Include both #exposurex3bokehcontest and #alienskinphotocontest in the caption.

Submit your entries by December 20th, 2017

Following the theme of the contest will give you the best chance of winning. Creativity and technical merit are also taken into consideration when reviewing the entries.

Prizes

We are giving away copies of Exposure X3 to all four winners. The grand prize winner will be featured in our social media headers.

Join our photo contest this month on Instagram and Facebook. Previous contests were held in our closed Exposure Users group on Facebook, but no one could see the photo submissions except group members. We made some changes, so you can post directly to Facebook or Instagram for the whole world to see.

This month’s contest theme is Bokeh Sparkles. It focuses on one of Exposure’s awesome creative features: bokeh. Simply put, bokeh is the aesthetic quality of how a lens renders the out-of-focus parts of an image. You can use Exposure’s bokeh controls to apply realistic-looking lens blur simulations to your photos. Gorgeous sparkles of light and color are especially enhanced by bokeh, so keep those in mind for your entries. You can learn more about using Exposure’s bokeh controls in our tutorial video.

Here’s how to enter:

Follow @alienskinsoftware on Instagram or Facebook

Post a photo to Instagram or Facebook featuring this month’s theme. The shared photo must have been edited with Exposure X3. If you don’t own Exposure X3, you can use the free trial version.

Include the hashtags #exposurex3bokehcontest and #alienskinphotocontest in the caption.

Entries will be accepted through November 21st, 2017.

Images that follow the theme will have the best chances of winning. Creativity and technical merit will also be considered.

We’ll pick a grand prize winner and three runner up winners from the entries. Every winner will get a copy of Exposure X3, and the grand prize winner will be featured in our social media headers.

]]>https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/bokeh-sparkles-photo-contest/feed/2What Do You Want To See in Future Versions of Exposure? Now’s Your Chance To Tell Us!https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/exposure-survey/
https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/exposure-survey/#commentsThu, 09 Nov 2017 15:00:03 +0000https://www.alienskin.com/?p=25227Want to help guide the development of future versions of Exposure? Now you can do so by responding to a quick survey and telling us what you’d like to see in future releases.

]]>https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/exposure-survey/feed/9The Future of Lightroom May Be Uncertain, But The Future of Exposure Is Clearhttps://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/exposures-clear-future/
https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/exposures-clear-future/#commentsFri, 20 Oct 2017 21:33:05 +0000https://www.alienskin.com/?p=25045The future of Lightroom may be uncertain, but the future of Exposure is clear. Exposure will continue to provide photographers with unmatched creative editing, powerful organizing tools, reliability, and speed. There are no subscriptions, proprietary storage, or tiered storage plans.

With the uncertainty surrounding Lightroom, now is a good time to reiterate the core elements of Exposure that make it a smarter solution for editing and organizing your photos.

No Subscription Needed

Exposure has never been subscription-based, and we have no plans to make it so. Once you purchase Exposure, you own it forever.

This avoids the risks of losing access to the program, and of spending more money than you expected due to monthly subscription costs increasing. Nor will you need to rely on tiered storage plans that can further increase costs.

The Flexibility to Work The Way You Want

Flexibility is one of Exposure’s core design principles. It works with any type of cloud storage, so you aren’t forced into using any one provider.

It also works well with ‘private cloud’ solutions like Drobo and Synology. Access your photos everywhere without paying a subscription fee.

Exposure supports external editors like Photoshop. You can easily send your edited images to and from other applications for additional edits.

Flexible options like side-by-side view and preset audition enable you to work with presets much faster than in Lightroom and other photo editors.

Exposure’s customizable UI enables you to specify which tools are visible, allowing you to focus on your editing without distractions. You can make Exposure’s interface as minimal as you like. Even if you’re viewing all of the tools, you’ll still benefit from having everything you need onscreen in a single interface.

A Clear Path Forward

There are no confusing multiple variants of Exposure to try to figure out. You can purchase it on its own or as the central app in the Exposure Bundle, alongside Snap Art and Blow Up. Either way, it’s the same RAW photo editor.

We are constantly updating Exposure, and we use your feedback to help guide its evolution. Many of the most substantial new features in Exposure X3 are those that our customers asked us to include.

Software That’s Easy to Use

Unlike Lightroom and other RAW photo editors, there are no user modules that force you to switch modes in order to perform different tasks. Every command is available all the time.

Exposure’s catalog-free approach lets you avoid the hassles of slow imports and complicated catalogs. You can start working immediately after beginning to copy your images.

There’s no single point of failure with your edits, and no unnecessary hard drive space is used to store large catalogs.

Exposure makes it easy for you to back up, transfer, and sync your images and edits. You can edit from multiple computers and even collaborate on edits with others using cloud storage.

Exposure’s learning curve is considerably easier than those of catalog-based RAW photo editors — the folder structure in Exposure is exactly like the folder structure on your computer.

Unmatched Creativity, Speed, and Stability

Exposure provides the kind of speed that traditional RAW photo editors cannot match. Large images load quickly, and all of the tools behave responsively.

Exposure’s hundreds of creative presets include tasteful, accurate film emulations that provide gorgeous looks in a single click.

We’ve been developing Exposure for 12 years now, and have grown it into a complete RAW photo editor and organizer, built on industry-leading creative tools and a powerful processing engine. Additionally, we’ve been creating award-winning creative imaging software for 25 years, and are a veteran team that knows how to ship stable software that lives up to our marketing claims. So you avoid the pain points that photographers have encountered with other software releases that have been released with missing or unstable features.

Organize Your Collection and Finish Your Images in a Single App

You have all the retouching tools, creative edits, and special effects that you need. These include tools like layering, spot healing, brushing, gradients, and gorgeous special effects (grain, vignette, and bokeh).

Exposure’s 500+ presets include accurate, tasteful film simulations. You’ve got the history of film at your fingertips. You can layer, blend, and customize each preset to your heart’s content, and then save the finished look as your own new custom preset.

Exposure gives you the organizing tools you need to master your workflow. These include the following:

Collections and quick collections to quickly group your images, no matter where they appear on your computer

Keywords and keyword sets to apply helpful descriptive tags that make it easy for you and for your clients to locate your photos

Stars, flags, and color labels that give you all the filtering tools you need to cull your images

Industry-Leading Customer Support

We provide our customers with personalized, prompt support from a real human being. This level of service is appreciated by our customers. A number of them describe our support as being the best they’ve ever received from a software company.

]]>https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/exposures-clear-future/feed/31Exposure X2 Update — New Camera and Tablet Supporthttps://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/exposure-x2-new-update/
https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/exposure-x2-new-update/#commentsThu, 19 Oct 2017 17:43:30 +0000https://www.alienskin.com/?p=24990The 2.8 update to Exposure X2 is now available. It adds support for many new cameras, as well as for Wacom tablets. If you own Exposure X2, you can download it for free.

I’m excited to announce that Exposure X3 is now available! It’s the latest version of Exposure, our award-winning creative photo editor, and includes new features that greatly enhance your ability to create beautiful images and master your workflow.

Here are some of them:

Powerful New Organizing Tools

Keyword support enables you to add descriptive tags to your photos, so you can easily organize your images around themes, and quickly find them on your computer.

Collections help you quickly and easily group your images, no matter where they appear on your computer. Create collections of favorite photos, organize projects spanning multiple photo shoots, or group images for export. Use the quick collection feature to quickly organize images for short-term projects, such as photo contests or for blog articles.

Virtual copies encourage your creativity by enabling you to edit multiple variations of a single photo, without taking up additional disk space.

Creative New Editing Tools

The side-by-side view enables you to compare multiple images, or to compare the same image using multiple presets. It’s a great way to narrow down your selections, find the best preset, and edit multiple virtual copies to experiment with different looks.

Exposure’s basic editing tools are now even more powerful:

Blacks and Whites sliders give you greater control over the tonal range of your photos

Orange and Purple saturation sliders give you greater control over the color adjustments

The enhanced Overlays panel gives you more creative control when applying light effects, borders, and texture overlays to your photo.

Import multiple custom overlays simultaneously

New overlay blend modes enable a greater variety of looks

Exposure’s new linear and radial tools make it easy to achieve a seamless, natural fade between multiple effects. These work great for adjusting skies in landscape images or faces in portraits. Exposure X3 includes six new presets that make use of this new capability

And More

Flexible watermarking when exporting, so you can put your own stamp on your images

Numerous speed enhancements that help you cruise through your work

Enhanced preset copy and paste for greater creative control

Enhanced vignette positioning shows you where the center of your vignette is

Additional camera and lens support

Exposure Bundle Updates

We’ve also updated the Exposure Bundle to include Exposure X3 as its central app. The bundle integrates all of our award-winning photo apps: Exposure, Snap Art, and Blow Up.

The Fastest Way to Bring Your Vision to Life

You’ll experience the benefits of using an award-winning, advanced non-destructive creative photo editor that is the fastest way to bring your vision to life. Plug-in support is included, so you can use Exposure’s advanced creative editing tools in Photoshop or Lightroom.

Pricing

Exposure X3 is available now for $149. Upgrade pricing is available to owners of previous versions of Exposure for $99. The Exposure X3 Bundle is available for $199. Owners of one or more of the current apps in the Exposure X3 Bundle can purchase for $119.

]]>https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/introducing-exposure-x3/feed/8Announcing the Upcoming Exposure X3!https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/announcing-upcoming-exposure-x3/
https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/announcing-upcoming-exposure-x3/#commentsTue, 12 Sep 2017 15:10:00 +0000https://www.alienskin.com/?p=24300We are very happy to announce the upcoming release of Exposure X3. It's the latest version of our award-winning non-destructive RAW photo editor and organizer, and it includes a ton of helpful new features.

We are very happy to announce the upcoming release of Exposure X3. It’s the latest version of our award-winning non-destructive RAW photo editor and organizer, and it includes a ton of helpful new features. You can view the Exposure X3 intro video above.

New Organizing and Creative Features

Side-by-side Comparison View

There’s a new side-by-side view that enables you to view multiple images. You can use this in several helpful ways. Together with Exposure’s new preset audition mode, you can now easily audition multiple presets, seeing them onscreen simultaneously. Or you can use side-by-side to speed up your image culling by comparing similar images to find the very best one.

Virtual Copies

You can even use side-by-side view when working with virtual copies, another cool new feature. Virtual copies enable you to create multiple variations of a single photo, without taking up additional disk space. This works great for experimenting with different creative looks. For you multi-taskers out there, you can work with two or three virtual edits on screen, and export one or all of them if you choose.

Linear and Radial Gradients for Local Adjustments

There are new linear and radial gradient tools for achieving a natural, seamless fade between two or more effects.

New Overlays, Blend Modes, and Toning Enhancements

New adjustable borders include grunge and wet plate looks. Additionally, there are new blend modes available for all overlays. New color and B&W toning enhancements give you greater control over your image adjustments.

Keywords and Collections

Master your workflow with new organizing tools like keywords and collections. Use keywords to add descriptive metadata to your photos, making it easy to organize photos around themes and to create keyword sets. Use collections and quick collections to flexibly group your images, no matter where they appear on your computer.

Sue Bryce Exposure X3 Demo

Master photographer and educator Sue Bryce is a longtime user of Exposure, and edits all of her work with it. She recently demoed Exposure X3 at The Sue Bryce Education Portrait Master’s Conference, a 3-day conference of master portrait photographers.

“Exposure is every action I’ve ever wanted, all in one software product. It helps me bring a painterly, Old Masters-feel to my images with one click of a button,” she said.

Pricing and Release

We’re excited to bring Exposure X3 to you later this fall, so stay tuned!

Exposure X3 is $149. If you already own Exposure, you can buy Exposure X3 for a special upgrade price of $99. If you buy Exposure X2 on or after September 1st, we’ll send you Exposure X3 as a free update!

]]>https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/announcing-upcoming-exposure-x3/feed/91Connect With Our Community of Exposure Usershttps://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/connect-with-our-community-of-exposure-users/
https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/connect-with-our-community-of-exposure-users/#commentsWed, 19 Apr 2017 14:00:23 +0000https://www.alienskin.com/?p=22602Connect with our community of Exposure users. Follow @alienskinsoftware, and tag your images with #myexposureedit for a chance to be featured.

]]>Let us help you get the word out about your photography by sharing it with our community of Exposure users. You don’t have to be a full-time, professional photographer. Our invitation is for anyone who loves to take pictures.

How to participate

Image used by permission.

If you want a chance to be featured on our social media channels, get our attention by adding the #myexposureedit tag to your best photos. We will pick our favorites and share them on our social channels. We will tag you to provide photo credit for the image, of course.

Are you on Instagram?

We invite everyone to join our Instagram community. We want to see and share the great images you make using Exposure.

]]>https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/connect-with-our-community-of-exposure-users/feed/2December’s Photo of the Month Winnerhttps://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/decembers-photo-of-the-month-winner/
https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2017/decembers-photo-of-the-month-winner/#commentsTue, 10 Jan 2017 15:24:22 +0000http://www.alienskin.com/?p=21711Suzy Hanzlik won our last monthly photo contest for 2016. Learn about her and see some runner-up images from December.

Here is the winning photo for Alien Skin’s December Photo of the Month contest. The photo-sharing theme was memories. Congratulations to Suzy Hanzlik!

Judge

Patrick Shipstad is a professional photographer based in Los Angeles, with a background in music composition, sound design and video production. His photography work emphasizes creative portrait, beauty, fashion, and he’s done a great deal of product and family photography. He recently shared an article on our blog about shooting and editing a fun project of a magical scene. We’re grateful that he joined us this month for our contest.

Winner

About the winning shot, Patrick said, “As usual, all the entries I saw from last month have something special about them and they were all beautifully captured so this was a tough one to choose. Focusing on the theme “Memories,” there was one shot that stood out and really embodied the theme. The sparse composition, the girl standing in the road in the dense fog of Suzy Hanzlik’s entry, conjured up a dream-like mood of missing someone. I really liked the scene setting because it allows an open-ended interpretation for the viewer to imagine their own story. Bravo!”

We connected with fine art senior portrait and children photographer Suzy Hanzlik from Douglasville, GA. Learn a little more about her, below.

How did you get into Photography?

I’ve been a photographer for 15 years. I fell completely in love with photography just after my first daughter was born. She just turned 23.

Other than your camera, what is your favorite photography accessory?

My absolute favorite accessory is my 70-200mm F2.8. It’s a joy to shoot with and it produces lots of things I like to see in my photos, such as crisp image sharpness, and surreal bokeh.

Do you work with an assistant? Why?

I try to work with an assistant as often as I can. Most often, it’s my 18 year old daughter Isabelle. For most of my sessions, when she’s not in school, she accompanies me to the shoot. She’s a great help to me by offering another set of hands, and her presence helps put people at ease. She’s amazing with hair and makeup too, which comes in really handy.

How has Alien Skin’s software changed how you process your photos?

Exposure has completely changed my workflow in terms of speed. With it, color toning is lightning fast. I love using it. My favorite controls on the bokeh and vignette panels are extremely powerful. It’s an amazing and powerful finishing product.

Prizes

Monthly Theme

The monthly photo-sharing theme for January is natural light. It’s something that we’re not experiencing as much as we like right now in the northern hemisphere, so let’s celebrate what we have to work with. If you’d like to enter the contest this month, get your best work for this topic posted before the end of January.Stay connected with all of the happenings in the contest in the Exposure and Snap Art users groups on Facebook. The announcement posts are pinned at the top of the groups on or around the first day of each month. Along with friendly reminders of the group’s posting rules, which I encourage everyone to take a look at.

]]>An update to Exposure is now available. Exposure X2.2 now offers additional Photoshop integration. You can now export your images as a PSD file. You can choose 8 or 16 bits per component and select from sRGB, AdobeRGB, ProPhoto RGB, or your original color space.

When you choose to edit a copy of your image in Photoshop, Exposure chooses PSD as the default file type.

Note that when Exposure writes a PSD to Photoshop, it merges multiple layers that you have created in Exposure in order to create the PSD document.

This update is free for everyone who owns Exposure X2. You can download it on our updates page.

Watch our Working with Photoshop Files video to learn about all of Exposure’s Photoshop integration features.

Hey folks. We’re pleased to announce that the latest versions of all our apps are now officially compatible with the Windows 7 operating system. So you can run Exposure X2, Snap Art 4, Blow Up 3, and Eye Candy 7 on Windows 7.

If you’re a Windows 7 user and have held off on buying any of these apps, now is the perfect time to do so!

]]>We’re excited to announce that expert photographer, author, and educator Tim Grey will be presenting a free one-hour webinar on using Exposure X2. In Effects for Creative Vision, Tim will guide you through his thought process on applying Exposure’s creative effects to photos.

Tim will be covering topics such as:

How to think about your photo to anticipate which creative effects might work well

How to achieve a sense of drama versus subtlety in a photo

How a vignette effect impacts an image

The importance (or not) of color in a photo

Tim is an industry-leading educator with many years of experience, and this webinar offers you a great chance to learn how to use Exposure’s creative tools effectively.

The webinar takes place on October 12th, from 12PM-1PM EDT. Attendance is limited to 1,000, so sign up soon if you’d like to attend.

]]>https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2016/tim-grey-webinar-creative-effects/feed/2What would you like to see in the next Exposure?https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2016/survey-new-features-exposure/
https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2016/survey-new-features-exposure/#respondTue, 04 Oct 2016 15:26:39 +0000http://www.alienskin.com/?p=21080What features would you like to see in future versions of Exposure? Please let us know!

]]>It’s time for our annual survey, in which we give you a chance to tell us the features you’d like to see in future releases of Exposure!

Each year we send out a brief survey to better understand:

Your editing needs and photography background

The features you’d most like to see in future versions of Exposure

For the new Exposure X2, we added features like spot healing, PSD support, new faded looks, and the History panel in response to user requests, so it’s definitely worth taking three or four minutes to give us your feedback on what you’d like to see!

The most advanced RAW editor and organizer just got better! Introducing Exposure X2.

We’re pleased to announce the release of Exposure X2!

Exposure X2 is the follow-up to last year’s award-winning Exposure X. It’s the next step in creating the best non-destructive RAW editor and organizer available. And it continues Exposure’s tradition of inspiring your creativity and helping you work efficiently.

A vast library of creative presets provides a variety of gorgeous looks. You can apply each preset unmodified, or customize them with creative editing tools to forge your own unique style.

Master your workflow using Exposure’s many organizing tools. Its streamlined approach eliminates unnecessary complexities like catalogs and imports, while a variety of filtering and selection tools help you cull and organize your images.

Exposure X2 introduces many significant new features, including several popular requests from Exposure users:

Spot Healing. Easily fix blemishes and other imperfections, without having to open additional apps to complete your retouching. You can heal (i.e., skin healing in portraits) and clone (great for removing distracting elements in landscapes).

Faded Presets. Impart a hazy, dreamy effect to your photos, with lifted blacks, tone curve variation, split toning, and color casts. As with all our presets, they are completely customizable.

History Panel. Track every creative edit that you make, right down to the exact value of each slider. It’s a handy way of revisiting edits made during a lengthy session.

Metadata Search. Quickly search and sort your library using a variety of criteria, such as ISO, camera or lens type, shutter speed, f-stop, and many more.

We’ve also updated the Exposure Bundle, so that Exposure X2 is the centerpiece. The bundle integrates all of our award-winning photo apps: Exposure, Snap Art, and Blow Up.

]]>https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2016/exposure-x2-raw-editor-now-available/feed/6Exposure X2 Sneak Peek – New faded presets in Exposure X2!https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2016/exposure-x2-sneak-peek-new-faded-presets-in-exposure-x2/
https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2016/exposure-x2-sneak-peek-new-faded-presets-in-exposure-x2/#commentsWed, 03 Aug 2016 16:00:40 +0000http://www.alienskin.com/?p=19961Tons of new improvements are coming in Exposure X2. Watch this sneak peek video and see some of the new faded preset looks in action.

]]>I’m always happy to talk about how hard the team at Alien Skin Software is working to improve our products. It’s exciting to see everyone burning the midnight oil to make Exposure X2 the best version yet!

While the development team is busily pounding away at their keyboards to make improvements to Exposure, I’ll toot their proverbial horns and show off another slick new feature in the upcoming Exposure X2.

This sneak peek video shows off some of the new presets added to Exposure’s expansive library of looks. We’re calling them faded presets. They are great choices if you’re looking for a simple, faded look without additional elements. They emphasize a clean, faded look without using overlays or heavy grain. Common themes across all 18 of these new presets are tone curve variation, split toning and color casts, and subtle sharpening and blur effects. Lifted blacks in these presets give a hazy or dreamy effect to your images. Watch the video to see what to expect!

]]>https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2016/exposure-x2-sneak-peek-new-faded-presets-in-exposure-x2/feed/2Exposure X2 Sneak Peek – Portrait touchup with the Spot Heal toolhttps://www.alienskin.com/blog/2016/exposure-x2-sneak-peek-portrait-touchup-with-the-spot-heal-tool/
https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2016/exposure-x2-sneak-peek-portrait-touchup-with-the-spot-heal-tool/#commentsTue, 26 Jul 2016 15:05:41 +0000http://www.alienskin.com/?p=19881There are lots of improvements to look forward to in the new Exposure X2. Watch the sneak peek video to see the new Spot Heal tool in action for quick portrait touchups.

]]>Have you ever needed to launch a separate image editor to do some minor touch up on a photo? In Exposure X2, you’ll be able to make those edits quickly and easily right in the program.

Our first sneak peek video shows off the new spot healing feature in Exposure X2. Now you can quickly remove distracting elements, such as skin blemishes for photo retouching, without having to switch to another app. Like everything else about Exposure, the Spot Heal tool is fast. Some other editing applications momentarily freeze or stutter after extensive brushing is performed. Exposure keeps up with you. Watch the video to see it in action!

]]>https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2016/exposure-x2-sneak-peek-portrait-touchup-with-the-spot-heal-tool/feed/1Exposure X2 is coming soon!https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2016/exposure-x2-is-coming-soon/
https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2016/exposure-x2-is-coming-soon/#commentsTue, 26 Jul 2016 15:01:12 +0000http://www.alienskin.com/?p=19928Our award-winning RAW photo editor is getting even better! Over the years, Exposure has grown into a tool that handles your entire photography workflow. We are excited to announce that Exposure X2 is coming this fall.

Exposure X2 is coming soon!

It’s the follow up to Exposure X, our award-winning RAW photo editor and organizer. Over the years, Exposure has grown into a tool that can handle your entire photography workflow. It provides fast photo organization, robust color grading, and gorgeous special effects, without the need for complicated catalogs or slow imports.

Our development team is busy making the improvements that will make Exposure even better. To give you a sneak peek into these improvements, we’re releasing a series of short videos every few weeks until the product is released. In each, we’ll tell you about one of the exciting improvements in Exposure X2.

]]>https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2016/exposure-x2-is-coming-soon/feed/62The Exposure X Bundle Touches Down April 19th!https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2016/exposure-x-bundle-standalone-photoshop-lightroom-plugin/
https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2016/exposure-x-bundle-standalone-photoshop-lightroom-plugin/#commentsTue, 12 Apr 2016 15:14:27 +0000http://www.alienskin.com/?p=18576Our Photo Bundle will be released as the Exposure X Bundle on April 19th. The new version integrates the workflow between Snap Art, Blow Up and Exposure X. Save almost 60% on these great software titles by buying the bundle.

]]>It’s been a few months since we released Exposure X, the standalone editor that also works as a Photoshop and Lightroom plugin. Since then, we’ve been busying our translucent alien fingers with putting the finishing touches on an update to our complete photo editor, the Photo Bundle. Starting on April 19th, it will be known as the Exposure X Bundle.

As you might have guessed, Exposure X is its centerpiece. We’ve integrated Exposure X with our other photo editing apps: Snap Art 4 and Blow Up 3. This bundle introduces a closer level of integration between Exposure X and these apps — for the first time, they can be launched directly from within Exposure X. And the bundle includes the latest version of Exposure X (version X.1), which brings new features like multi-monitor support, batch-file renaming, improved performance, and a brush mask for more precise editing. As always, each app can also be launched as a Photoshop or Lightroom plugin.

And there are savings, lots of savings.

The Exposure X Bundle is almost 60% less expensive than buying each app separately. For those of you who already own Exposure X, Snap Art 4, or Blow Up 3, you save an additional 40% on the bundle price. And if you bought the previous Photo Bundle after December 8th (the Exposure X release date), then the Exposure X Bundle is a free upgrade for you.

Snap Art natural media tools enable you to easily transform your photos into gorgeous, handcrafted paintings that look like they were created using oil paints, watercolors, etc.

Blow Up image enlargement technology makes it easy for you to enlarge your photos while keeping them crystal clear.

With these tools at your fingertips, you have a complete photo editor that enables you to create captivating images in a variety of styles. You can also move quickly through your workflow, so that you can get back to shooting.

If you’re shooting professionally, you can deliver more value to your clients with these cool styles and treatments. See here for an awesome case study. If you’re shooting for your family or for yourself, you can bring an unexpected look to portraits, landscapes, and any other style that you shoot.

]]>I’m happy to announce the release of a new version of Exposure X. The update is free for anyone who owns a copy of version X, so head over and grab your copy right now. Included in this release are some new, handy creative features for power users and hobbyists alike. At the top of the list is support for dual full-screen monitors. Take advantage of tons of extra pixels by using your second screen.

Take a look at the dual-screen support in the video below.

There’s more! Here’s what else you’ll find in the update:

Quickly change the orientation of the crop rectangle with the new button on the crop panel.

Display the mask while brushing for more precise editing.

Rename multiple images at once with batch file renaming.

Reduced memory usage for improved performance.

A ton of miscellaneous usability improvements, and even some bug fixes.

If you haven’t tried Exposure X, now is a great time to check it out! It will help you streamline the practical and the creative side of your photography. Browse, organize, and batch edit massive photo sets with ease. Be rid of difficult concepts like catalogs and user interface modules completely. Whether you use Exposure X as a complete standalone application or just as a plug-in, you can use brushing to apply local changes and stack effects. Work faster than ever with tons of useful shortcut keys and an entirely configurable user interface.

Exposure X streamlines the practical side of photography in addition to the creative side. Now you can rapidly browse, organize, and batch edit to fly through huge photo sets. Exposure’s strength is simplicity. We got rid of burdensome concepts like catalog files and user interface modules.

You’ll love the new photo editing features, whether you use Exposure X as a complete stand-alone application or plug-in. Use brushing to apply local changes or stack effects. Work faster with new shortcut keys and a configurable user interface. Get creative with new and improved presets in the Bokeh category.

Visit the Exposure web page for video tutorials, a complete list of what’s new, and to try Exposure X for yourself!

]]>https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2015/exposure-x-released/feed/26Hot One Award Awarded to Exposure 7https://www.alienskin.com/blog/2015/hot-one-award/
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:00:58 +0000http://www.alienskin.com/?p=16721Exposure won the Creative Effects Hot One award from Professional Photographers of America and Professional Photographer Magazine.

For Exposure to be considered one of the hottest products for professional photographers is such an honor. We are thrilled and excited to be recognized with the Hot One Award for Creative Effects. We want to thank all of the photographers that have supported us over the years, giving us both inspiration and ideas for new, powerful features. Those are the things that help us everyday. So really, we share this award win with all of you.

We’re super excited to see what the rest of the year will bring. Thanks again to everyone and let’s give a round of applause for all of our awesome users!